‘I don’t like getting out to off-spin in Australia’: Smith reveals strategy to tackle Ashwin | – Times of India
(Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Steve Smith, the renowned Australian batsman, is preparing for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a focus on countering Ravichandran Ashwin's spin bowling. Smith acknowledges Ashwin's prowess, particularly after the Indian spinner dismissed him multiple times in recent encounters. During the 2020-21 series, Ashwin secured Smith's wicket three times, and in 2023, he repeated the feat twice, limiting Smith to a mere 22 runs. Smith is determined to reverse this trend in the upcoming series."I don't like getting out to off-spin in Australia. But he's also a very good bowler and he came in with some decent plans. There were a couple of occasions where he got on top of me," Smith told the Sydney Morning Herald.Smith believes a proactive appro...